First, he tried his hand at art, selling an original painting on eBay for $100,099.99. Sadly, the shine came off Zimmerman's art career fairly quickly after photographer Rick Wilson accused him of "ripping off" one of his pictures.

Zimmerman's latest move is even more daring: he's signed up to take part in a celebrity boxing match, The Independent reports. Not surprisingly, there are plenty of people who want to go a few rounds with the man whose trial exposed America's racial divisions.

Rapper, The Game, has already put his hand up to take part in the 1 March bout, saying: "I would take pleasure in it".

The Game, whose real name is Jayceon Terrell Taylor, has a tattoo of Trayvon Martin on his leg.

"I would not be boxing for me," he told TMZ. "I'd be boxing for the legacy of Trayvon Martin and for his family. I would box him to knock him out".

TMZ suggests The Game "would definitely have the edge" in the ring. The rapper is 6' 5" tall and weighs 240 lbs – most of it muscle.

Damon Feldman, the promoter organising the bout with the star, insists Zimmerman is "open to fighting anyone", and doesn't want the contest to be seen as a "race thing". Zimmerman will donate any earnings he makes from the fight to charity.

Zimmerman was found not guilty of all charges against him, after he fatally shot 17-year-old Martin in February, 2012. Martin was unarmed, but Zimmerman successfully argued that he killed the black teenager in an act of self-defence.

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Submitted by Kevin on February 1, 2014 - 8:28am.

Here' I'll sum up the article - Blacks are still pissed off because the nation didnt kiss their ass and hand Zimmerman an unjust verdict, and a washed up rapper wants to box Zimmerman to defend the honor of a wannabe thug who picked a fight with the wrong guy in hopes of gaining a little 'street cred' because no one really thinks of him anymore.

Submitted by Harvardgrad2001 on February 1, 2014 - 11:19am.

Lol you must be white? How did he kill him in self defense and he knew how to box? Logic son, logic.

Submitted by Jefferson on February 1, 2014 - 3:23pm.

Nope, you must be black, "son". There is a thing called the Constitution, there are laws and everyone is subject to them.

Submitted by Kevin on February 2, 2014 - 8:26am.

No, we're supposed to just throw every law out the window and give blacks everything they want on a silver platter because a whopping 1.8% of the nation owned African slaves that were sold to them by other Africans.